St. Joseph Catholic Church

06/02/2026

An Image for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi

06/02/2026

We look forward to celebrating the funeral liturgies for Bishop John H. Ricard, SSJ. If you are clergy or pastoral center staff and have not RSVP’d for the Mass, please do so at this link: https://form.jotform.com/261453497935974. The general public does not need to register.

On Thursday, June 4, Vespers will take place at 5 pm at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, 1212 E. Moreno Street, Pensacola, FL (this is open to the public and requires no registration or RSVPs).
On Friday, June 5, Visitation will begin at 10 am. Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 11 am. Reception to follow in Ave Maria Hall.

Here are a few instructions for all those who will be attending:

For those who will be vesting, have a liturgical role, or will be in procession, please arrive, vested, and ready to go no later than 10:30 am. Vesting rooms will be located in the Parish Center. Staff and volunteers will be on hand to direct you. Please remain in vesting rooms until directed to line up for the procession.

For bishops and priests, please bring an alb as we will use diocesan vestments. Deacons, please wear an alb and white stole.

There is assigned seating for all groups who RSVP’d. Ushers will have seating charts and will direct you to your seats. Please let me know if your numbers have changed.

For those who have challenges with mobility, please come straight to the Cathedral. For any priest or deacon who is unable to walk in procession, please let one of the volunteers know.

If you are able to walk a block or two, overflow parking will be located at the Mcilwain Presbyterian Church at 1220 E Blount Street, Pensacola. Please consider carpooling and parking your vehicle there to ease the congestion at the Cathedral. Volunteers will be on hand at the Cathedral parking lots.

The livestream will be broadcast on the diocesan website at: https://ptdiocese.org/funeral.

05/28/2026

An image for this weekend, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. The Holy Trinity by Francisco Caro

05/21/2026

05/19/2026

An image for the Solemnity of Pentecost Sunday. An icon of the Christian Pentecost, in the Greek Orthodox tradition

05/14/2026

Another interesting painting for this week. The Ascension by Juan des Flanders.

05/13/2026

An image for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, The Ascension by Rembrandt

05/07/2026

Image for the 6th Sunday of Easter. Philip the Apostle. Detail of the mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale. Ravena, Italy

04/28/2026

May 3rd, Feast Day of Saints Philip and James and so here is a painting of Saints Philip and James by Duccio di Buoninsegna

04/22/2026

An Image for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday. Christ as the Good Shepherd by Lucas Cranach the Younger